Crime

BOSTON (AP) — A lawyer for a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has told a jury that he did not lie when questioned by the FBI, but instead was suffering from a cloudy memory caused by heavy marijuana use. Robel Phillipos is accused of lying about being in Tsarnaev's dorm room when two friends removed Tsarnaev's backpack and other potential evidence the night of April 18,

HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from an East Texas man condemned for the slaying of a 75-year-old auto mechanic during a robbery in Tyler more than a decade ago. The high court, without comment Monday, refused to review the case of 44-year-old Gregory Russeau...

HOUSTON (AP) — A convicted Texas felon who faked being an Army Ranger to get close to acclaimed retired Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell faces up to 10 years in prison for having guns. Daniel Lee Marshall of Conroe pleaded guilty Monday to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, involving a semi-automatic rifle and a shotgun...

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston cab driver has been fatally shot after arriving home from work. Houston police on Monday sought the attacker in what investigators believe was an attempted robbery outside the taxi driver's residence. Police say the cabbie pulled up to his townhome late Sunday night when an armed person confronted him, opened fire and fled...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A second snake has been seized from a San Diego man who had a python around his neck when he was arrested a week ago on suspicion of driving his pedicab while drunk. The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday that 27-year-old Travis Eisner-Young was arrested while driving his pedicab Sept...

HOUSTON (AP) — Workers at a Houston supply store have been credited with using forklifts to foil a suspected copper thief. Houston police are investigating whether a man detained at Morrison Supply Company could be part of a copper theft ring...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Police say three people have been killed in a shooting at a UPS facility in Birmingham, Alabama. Birmingham police Lt. Sean Edwards tells The Associated Press that the gunman was killed along with two other people in the Tuesday morning gunfire...

TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) — Louisiana authorities say a skeleton found in a Red River sandbar has been positively identified as a 42-year-old Ashdown woman who has been missing since February. The Texarkana Gazette reports the remains are those of Janice Northcross, who fell into the river near Fulton to avoid a tractor-trailer that was skidding toward her on an icy Interstate 30 bridge...